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Nancy Drew

Nancy Drew

  • Status: Released
  • 15-06-2007
  • Runtime: 99 min
  • Score: 6.1
  • Vote count: 512

Intrepid teenage private eye Nancy Drew heads to Tinseltown with her father to investigate the unsolved murder of a movie star in this old-fashioned whodunit based on Carolyn Keene's popular series of books for young adults. But can the small-town girl cut through the Hollywood hype to solve the case?

Emma Roberts

Nancy Drew

Max Thieriot

Ned Nickerson

Josh Flitter

Corky Veinshtein

Rachael Leigh Cook

Jane Brighton

Kay Panabaker

Georgie

Tate Donovan

Carson Drew

Marshall Bell

John Leshing

Daniella Monet

Inga Veinshtein

Kelly Vitz

Trish

Bruce Willis

Bruce (uncredited)

Laura Harring

Dehlia Draycott

Barry Bostwick

Dashiel Biedermeyer

Craig Gellis

Thug

Rich Cooper

Charlie

Amy Bruckner

Bess

Cliff Bemis

Chief McGinnis

David Doty

Father Murray

Pat Carroll

Landlady

Monica Parker

Hannah

Caroline Aaron

Barbara Barbara

Phil Abrams

Principal Fineman

Joanne Baron

Costume Lady

Ryan Raddatz

Assistant Director

Adam Goldberg

Arrogant Director Andy

Emmy Laybourne

File Lady

Elyssa Davalos

Twin Palms Manager

Kaitlyn Van Item

Allie Brighton

Robert Merrill

'New Century' Actor

Chris Kattan

Burglar

Lindsay Sloane

Boutique Clerk

Amanda Alva

'No' Woman

Kamurai

Really good watch, would watch again, and can recommend. While I don't enjoy the aspect of shoving an addiction (actually compulsion) story into a Nancy Drew story (as she has to stop sleuthing), and I don't enjoy the relocation aspect of a world they built so well so quickly, this movie has far more benefits than drawbacks. Once we get past the awkward "lying to your parents" aspect of the story that usually gets attributed to drugs and alcohol, the actual "sleuthing" is really fun and present in a charming and light-hearted way. The mystery itself is actually complex enough to keep you interested throughout the movie, and the characters are fun, if eccentric. Having a "world's clash" aspect to the story seemed unnecessary, and that's the only real hang up this movie had. Firstly the movie was supposed to be the opening of a potential franchise to revitalize the Nancy Drew brand, but instead of giving it a strong opening movie, they jumped right in as if there were already 3 movies and they had already jumped the shark a second time. I had several young people ask me if "Nancy Drew was a thing?". Because it was mistreated in the writing process, what should have been a great movie is only a good movie. I really liked this though: Emma Roberts showed early that she was up to carrying a movie, and I love that Rachel Leigh Cook ("She's All that") got involved as she was from a different novel based franchise ("The Babysitter's Club") that also didn't take off.